HNLMS Jan van Brakel (F825)
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History | |
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Netherlands | |
Name | HNLMS Jan van Brakel (F825) |
Namesake | Jan van Brakel |
Builder | Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde (KMS), Vlissingen[1] |
Laid down | 16 November 1979[1] |
Launched | 16 May 1981[1] |
Commissioned | 14 April 1983[1] |
Decommissioned | 12 October 2001[1] |
Fate | Sold to Greece, 29 November 2002[2] |
History | |
Greece | |
Name | HS Kanaris (F464) |
Namesake | Constantine Kanaris |
Acquired | 29 November 2002 |
Status | in active service, as of 2011[update] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kortenaer-class frigate |
Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 3,500 long tons (3,600 t) standard 3,800 long tons (3,900 t) full load |
Length | 130 m (426 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 14.4 m (47 ft 3 in) |
Draft | 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) |
Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) Combined gas or gas (COGOG) system: 2 × Rolls Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, 4,900 shp (3,700 kW) each 2 × Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 25,700 shp (19,200 kW) each (boost) 2 shafts |
Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) cruise 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) maximum |
Endurance | 4,700 nautical miles @ 16 knots (8,700 km @ 30 km/h) |
Complement | 176–196 |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 1 × OTO-Melara Compatto 76 mm/62 cal. gun • 2 × twin Mk46 torpedo tubes • 2 × quad RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers • 1 × 8-cell Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missile launchers • 1 × Goalkeeper in Dutch service (Phalanx in Greek service) |
Aircraft carried | 2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peace-time) |
HNLMS Jan van Brakel (F825) was a Kortenaer-class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy. It was named after Jan van Brakel, a Dutch naval commander from the seventeenth century.[2]
It was launched on 16 May 1981, commissioned by the Dutch Navy on 14 April 1983, and was transferred to the Hellenic Navy on 29 November 2002 as Kanaris (F464) (Greek: Κανάρης).[2]
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